辛い

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
から
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

辛い (-i inflection, hiragana からい, rōmaji karai)

  1. spicy hot
  2. salty
    Synonyms: 塩辛い, しょっぱい
  3. (of alcohol) bitter, not sweet
  4. harsh
Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
つら
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らい [tsùráí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝɾa̠i]

Adjective

辛い (-i inflection, hiragana つらい, rōmaji tsurai)

  1. painful
Inflection

Suffix

辛い (hiragana づらい, rōmaji -zurai)

  1. difficult to, hard to
    一様 (いちよう)文字 (もじ) (ちい)さく ()づらかったため
    ichiyō ni moji ga chīsaku yomizurakatta tame
    since the characters were uniformly small and hard to read
     (いっ) (けん)しただけじゃわかり (づら)
    ikken shita dake ja wakarizurai ga
    though it's hard to tell at first sight
Usage notes

Attaches to the continuative form (連用形) of a verb. Inflects like an -i adjective.

References

  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō

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